Eeva Park

Pikal pingil

Language: estonian

Translations: english (On a Long Bench), finnish (Pitkällä penkillä), swedish (På en lång bänk)

Pikal pingil

Vanad ilusad naised ütlesid tule ära tule meie seltsi
Tule istu siia pikale pingile
Me teeme sulle koha eneste keskele
sest kui meie läheme
siit üle pimeda
pead sina jääma
panema käed põlvedele
ja ütlema
olen ilus vana naine
pikal pingil
selle ilma serva pääl

Eeva Park

photo © Piret Raud

* 09.09.1950, Tallinn, Estonia
lives in: Tallinn, Estonia

Eeva Park was born into a writers' family in 1950 in Tallinn. She made her debut with a poetry collection, Mõrkjas tuul (Acrid Wind, 1983) and has published altogether seven collections by now. Eeva Park is also the author of plays and short stories.

Her novel Lõks lõpmatuses (Trap in Infinity, 2003) concentrates on human trafficking and has been translated into German, Norwegian, Finnish and Swedish. In 2014 she was awarded the Finnish translation award for the anthology of 16 poets, 8+8: Estonian and Finnish Poetry.

photo © Piret Raud

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